Combined tobacco and pipe pouch



Sept 17, 1957' D. H. JUNE 2,806,588

1 COMBINED TOBACCO AND PIPE POUCH Filed Aug. 2, 1955 V INVENTOR. DAVID H- JUNE United States Patent COMBINED TOBACCO AND PIPE POUCH- David H. June, New York, N. Y. Application August 2, 1955, Serial No. 525,891 4 Claims. (Cl.206-38) Another object of the invention is to provide a pouch of this kind which can be instantaneously opened whenever it is desired to extract tobacco therefrom or Whenever it is desired to remove the pipe for smoking.

A further object is to provide a combined tobacco and pipe pouch with a separate pocket for the pipe so arranged "ice with the pipe holding strap shown in open inoperative po: sition.

Fig. 5 is a perspective view thereof but showing the pipe detached and the pipe bowl cover and pipe holding strap in extended inoperative position.

Fig. 6 is a vertical sectional view of the line 6-6 of Fig. 1.

Fig. 7 is an enlarged fragmentary end view, parts being taken on the plane broken away.

Fig. 8 is an enlarged sectional view through the center of the pipe bowl protecting cover.

Referring now to the drawings more in detail, the combined tobacco and pipe pouch 10 is formed from material customarily used in the manufacture of tobacco pouches, such as leather, imitation leather, oiled silk, rubber, various fabrics and the like, and is of substantially rectangular outline. The pouch comprises a front wall 11, a rear wall 12, end walls 13 and 14 and a bottom wall 15. One end of the bottom wall 15 terminates short of the side ends of the front and rearwalls and is preferably formed integrally with the end wall 14. The other "end of the bottom wall is formed with a V-shaped notch and constructed as to prevent the odor of the pipe bowl from reaching the tobacco in the pouch or the clothes of the user.

Still another object of the invention is to provide a combined flexible tobacco and pipe pouch with a separate pocket for the pipe arranged so that it occupies a lateral space substantially equal to the lateral space occupied by the tobacco whereby both thickness and the width of the pouch when the tobacco and pipe are contained therein are reduced to a minimum.

A specific object of the invention is to provide a combined tobacco and pipe pouch of flexible material having a separate sealed compartment for the tobacco closed by a zipper closing device and a separate open pocket for the pipe with a strap and snap fasteners for preventing the pipe from falling out of the pocket.

Yet another object of the invention is to provide a tobacco pouch with a pocket for a pipe having means for removably covering the bowl of the pipe to prevent escape of odors therefrom and to prevent hot ashes from falling out of the bowl.

Another object of the invention is to provide a combined tobacco and pipe pouch with elastic means for attaching a tobacco pipe bowl cover and for attaching a humidor.

It is further proposed to produce a combined tobacco and pipe pouch which is simple in construction, compact, sanitary, safe, and which can be manufactured and sold at a reasonable cost.

For further comprehension of the invention, and of the objects and advantages thereof, reference will be had to the following description and accompanying drawings, and to the appended claims in which the various novel features of the invention are more particularly set forth.

In the accompanying drawings forming a material part of this disclosure:

Fig. 1 is a perspective view of a combined tobacco and pipe pouch embodying my invention, in closed position, looking from one side thereof, and showing a smoking pipe in supported position.

Fig. 2 is a similar view looking from the other side thereof.

Fig. 3 is a bottom plan view thereof.

Fig. 4 is an end view looking from the left of Fig. 1,

portion 16 cut therein. The end wall 14 is preferably secured tothe edges of the front and rear walls by lines of stitching 17 and 18, respectively, and end wall 13 is secured to said front and rear walls by lines of stitching 19 and 20, respectively. Bottom wall 15 is secured to the end wall 13 by a line of stitching 21 extending along its notched portion 16. The walls of the pouch define an inner tobacco compartment 22.

Tapes 23 are secured along one edge thereof to the upper edges of the front and rear walls by lines of stitching 24 and 25, respectively. The other edge of the tapes support fastening elements 26 adapted to be interlocked with each other for closing the compartment 22. A sliding element 27 opens and closes the interlocking elements in the usual manner. When the fastening elements 26 are open and separated an entrance opening is provided to the inner tobacco compartment 22.

It will be noted that end wall 14 is formed with a vertical fold line 28 along its center permitting said end wall to be folded inwardly to form a shallow compartment 29 between the folds of said end wall. Similarly end wall 13 is formed with a vertical fold line 30 along its center between the apex of notched end portion 16 of bottom wall 15 and the center of its top edge whereby it is folded inwardly to form compartment 31, the compartment 31 being considerably deeper than the compartment 29.

A hinge construction is supported along the top edge of the end wall 13 and includes hinge arms 40 hingedly connected to a hinge point in the form of an eyelet 42 at the top of fold line 30. The hinge arms are preferably enclosed in strips 43 of leather folded over the arms with their edges secured to the top edge of the end wall 13 by adhesive or stitching or in any other suitable manner. This hinge construction facilitates folding of the end wall inwardly and outwardly. The bottom wall 15 is similarly formed with a central fold line 44 whereby it is folded inwardly. By reason of the folded condition of the end walls and bottom wall and the hinge construction forming part of end wall 13 the front and rear walls, at the end closed by end wall 14, may be separated a considerable distance whereby the entrance to the compartment 22 is suificiently distended without increase of its width, and access to the interior of the compartment is rendered easy without danger of cramping the hand or putting un due stress upon the stitching 19 and 20. v

In order to form a pipe compartment or pocket separate from the tobacco compartment 22, a gusset 45 of similar material as the pouch is secured to the bottom wall 15 along its long edges at points spaced inwardly of said edges by lines of stitching 46 and 47, and is so compartment 48 terminates at a point adjacent the apexof the V-shaped notched portion of the bottom wall 15 and communicates with the compartment 31 between the folds of end wall 14 thereabove.

partment 48 is suificiently long to shield the stem-50 of a smoking pipe 51 inserted laterally of the pouch. A leather strap 52 secured at one end to front wall 11 spans the compartment 31 over the bowl 49 of the pipe and detachably holds the pipe in supported and protected position by means of snap fastener elements 53 and 54 onthe strap and rear wall 12, respectively. 7

According to the present invention, a movable cupshaped hooded cover 55 is provided in-the compartment 31 for closing the open end of the bowl 49 of the smoking pipe so that odor from the burnt tobacco is prevented from escaping and so that hot ashes are prevented from falling out of the bowl. The cover is formed with a central opening 56 in its base into which is fitted an eyelet 57. The looped end 58 of an elongated elastic member 59 is inserted through the eyelet and is anchored around a perforated disc 69 on the inner surface of the base of the cover. A space is provided between the stitched edges of the rear wall 12 and the end wall 13 through which the elastic member 59 passes into the inner tobacco compartment 22. At the point of its passage through the walls, the elastic member is preferably anchored by stitching to the rear wall 12. The cover 55 is readily slippedover the open end of the bowl of the pipe to a protecting position as shown in Figs. 1 and 4.

A humidor 61 of conventional construction may be suitably fastened to the inner end of the elastic member 59 in the tobacco compartment 22 in order to condition the tobacco in said compartment.

It will be seen that the tobacco compartment 22 and the pipe compartment 31 are separated and that while the tobacco compartment may be distended by the tobacco therein, it would usually be distended laterally to about the thickness of the bowl of the pipe so that the supported pipe does not increase the final thickness or width of the pouch. The pipe may be readily inserted or removed from the pouch by unfastening the strap 52, and the cover 55 is always in readiness to be applied to the bowl of the pipe.

While I have illustrated and described the preferred embodimentof my invention, it is to be understood that I do not limit myself to the precise construction herein disclosed and that various changes and modifications may be made within the scope of the invention as defined in the appended claims.

Having thus described my invention, what I claim as new, and desire to secure by United States Letters Patent 1s:

1. A combined tobacco and pipe pouch formed of flexible leather comprising spaced front, rear, end and bottom walls forming an inner compartment for holding tobacco, open at the top, means for closing the opening at This compartment 7 31' is sufficiently deep to receive the bowl 49 and the comthe top, one of said end walls having folds forming; a

compartment outwardly of said wall adapted to receive the bowl of a smoking pipe, said bottom Wall having folds forming a compartment for receiving the stem of said smoking pipe therebetween, and a flexibly supported inverted cup-shaped hood fastened to the rear wall for closing the open end of the bowl of the pipe supported in the compartment outwardly of the end wall.

2. A combined tobacco and pipe pouch formed of flexible leather comprising spaced front, rear, end and bottom walls forming an inner compartment for holding tobacco, open at the top, means for closing the opening at the top, one of said end walls having folds forming a compartment outwardly of said wall adapted to receive the bowl of a smoking pipe, said bottom wall having folds forming a compartment for receiving the stem of the smoking pipe therebetween, an elongated elastic member extending into the compartment outwardly of the end wall, an inverted cup-shaped hood fastened to the extended end of said elastic member for closing the open end of the bowl of a pipe supported in said compartment, said elastic member extending into the inner compartment for holding the tobacco, and a humidor attachedto the end of the elastic member in said inner compartment.

3. A combined tobacco and pipe pouch formed of flexible leather comprising spaced front, rear, end and bottom walls forming aninner compartment for holding tobacco, open at the top, means for closing the opening at the top, one of said end walls having folds forming a compartment outwardly of said wall adapted to receive the bowl of a smoking pipe, said bottom Wall having folds forming a compartment for receiving the stem of the smoking pipe therebetween, a flexibly supported inverted cup-shaped hood for closing the open end of the bowl of a pipe supported in the compartment outwardly of the end wall, and a strap extending across the latter compartment engaging the bowl of the pipe to prevent displacement of the pipe.

4. Acombined tobacco and pipe pouch formed of flexible leather comprising spaced front, rear, end and bottom walls forming an inner compartment for holding tobacco, open at the top, means for closing the opening at the top, one of said end walls having folds forming a compartment outwardly of said wall adapted to receive the bowl of a smoking pipe, said bottom wall having folds forming a compartment for receiving the stem of a smoking pipe therebetween, a flexibly supported inverted cupsh aped hood for closing the open end of the bowl of the pipe supported in the compartment outwardly of the end wall, a strap extending across the latter compartment engaging the bowl of the pipe to prevent displacement of the pipe, and a gusset spanning the compartment outwardly of the bottomwall and being spaced from the folds thereof serving as a shield for the stem of the smoking pipe.

References Cited in the file of this patent UNITED STATES PATENTS 1,591,340 Steinhardt July 6, 1926 2,075,629 Singer et al Mar. 30, 1937 FOREIGN PATENTS 449,432 France Dec; 23, 1912 377,848 Great Britain Aug. 4, 1932 446,296 Great Britain May 26, 1937 

